Arvind Subramanian, the government's Chief Economic Adviser, has broken his silence on the issue of cattle slaughter. And he doesn't seem to think banning it is such a great idea. The top economist has cautioned the government that restrictions on cattle slaughter could lead to "considerable impact" on the economics of livestock farming.

Chief Economic Adviser or CEA Arvind Subramanian has said that any "serious actions" taken by the Trump Administration on the H-1B visa programme will be a cause of "worry" as a majority of Indian exports in the services sector go to the United States. Mr Subramanian was speaking at the Peterson Institute, a top American economic think-tank in Wash...

"The Survey has greatly benefitted from the comments and insights of the Hon'ble Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who also authors a section in the Survey, possibly the first such contribution by a Finance Minister," Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian wrote in the acknowledgement section of the Survey.

Outgoing Governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday rejected suggestions for RBI to infuse its surplus funds to capitalise ailing public sector banks -- proposed by CEA Arvind Subramanian -- saying it is a "non-transparent" idea that can create "conflicts of interest".

In Washington ahead of the US visit of the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to attend the annual spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Subramanian said, "It's worth noting that India has been growing at 6 to 6.5 per cent for the last 35 years."

The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday attributed the decline in November industrial production to a 4-year low to statistical reasons, particularly due to lesser number of working days due to Diwali and the impact of Chennai floods.

Arvind Subramanian, the government's Chief Economic Adviser, has broken his silence on the issue of cattle slaughter. And he doesn't seem to think banning it is such a great idea. The top economist has cautioned the government that restrictions on cattle slaughter could lead to "considerable impact" on the economics of livestock farming.

Chief Economic Adviser or CEA Arvind Subramanian has said that any "serious actions" taken by the Trump Administration on the H-1B visa programme will be a cause of "worry" as a majority of Indian exports in the services sector go to the United States. Mr Subramanian was speaking at the Peterson Institute, a top American economic think-tank in Wash...

"The Survey has greatly benefitted from the comments and insights of the Hon'ble Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who also authors a section in the Survey, possibly the first such contribution by a Finance Minister," Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian wrote in the acknowledgement section of the Survey.

Outgoing Governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday rejected suggestions for RBI to infuse its surplus funds to capitalise ailing public sector banks -- proposed by CEA Arvind Subramanian -- saying it is a "non-transparent" idea that can create "conflicts of interest".

In Washington ahead of the US visit of the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to attend the annual spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Subramanian said, "It's worth noting that India has been growing at 6 to 6.5 per cent for the last 35 years."

The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday attributed the decline in November industrial production to a 4-year low to statistical reasons, particularly due to lesser number of working days due to Diwali and the impact of Chennai floods.

Terming the 9.8 per cent growth in industrial production in October as "very good", CEA Arvind Subramanian on Friday said one has to be careful while interpreting the data as the spike could be on account of Diwali purchases.

India's economic growth is moving in the right direction and the government remains confident of meeting its 8 per cent GDP growth target for the current fiscal year, said Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian

In his presentation to the visiting S&P officials, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian said that country has strong medium-term growth potential on back of persistent economic reforms which are being pursued by the government. S&P has BBB- rating on India with stable outlook.

Terming the 14th Finance Commission recommendations as a "watershed" in the history of Indian federalism, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian has said the suggestions will provide more fiscal autonomy to states and ultimately benefit the common man.